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Volar By Judith Ortiz Cofer
What can we learn when we journey through life? Journeys and experiences can help us evolve to overcome fears, losses, and help gain wisdom. Experiences that were gained through life and journeys were written in the story "Volar" by Judith Ortiz Cofer, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, and the poem “12 (From ‘Gitanjali)”.

In “Valor” the narrator dreams of herself being a superhero in the world she wishes to break free from her real-life limitations. The narrator learned and went on a journey at home and in her mind, she enjoyed it, while in the real world her parents could control most of her life, in that dream and imagination she had freedom to be able to see everything. Her journey made her wish she could have more journeys and be able to fly. It was the escape she always wanted from her difficult life. …show more content…
Her mother died and her family had scattered away from their roots. She journeys upon this trail to try and find herself again, who she was before her mom died and her family scattered apart. The narrator journeys upon this life-threatening trail. “Her boots fell off which blistered her feet and rubbed them raw, they’d caused my nails to blacken and to detach from her toes” Even doing this life-threatening pain she pushed through the trail and journeyed on to find herself. She learned a lot from that experience and that journey made her stronger mentally and physically prepared to overcome
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